2. In the May chapter this pair of alternatives was investigated and the result was that between Gb4-8 and Gb7-25 both readings could be 'intertwined', with the central point between the end of line b5 and the beginning of line b6:
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48 |
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| Gb4-8 (329) |
Gb5-24 (378) |
Gb5-25 |
Gb5-26 |
Gb5-27 |
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| Gb5-28 (382) |
Gb5-29 |
| February 23 (54) |
February 24 |
| Terminalia |
Bissextum |
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48 |
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| Gb6-1 (384) |
Gb6-2 |
Gb6-3 |
Gb6-4 |
Gb7-25 (436) |
Mauga in Gb5-28 fits well with the date Terminalia of the Julian calendar, and the fraction of a glyph in Gb5-29 could represent the leap day Bissextum. The old Roman calendar ended with February 23.
Furthermore, 13 * 29½ = 383½ and if we count the glyph number of Gb5-29 from Gb8-30, then the end of 13 lunar synodic months will be between Gb5-29 and Gb6-1. And, remarkably, in rongorongo times the Castor star culminated in February 23:
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365 days |
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(80 + RA / 24h * 365¼) |
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Day of culmination |
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Atlas |
May 16 (136) |
228 |
December 31 (365) |
135 |
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11 |
-2 |
9 |
+2 |
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Aldebaran |
May 28 (148) |
226 |
January 10 (375) |
137 |
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44 |
-1 |
43 |
+1 |
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Castor |
July 12 (193) |
225 |
February 23 (419) |
138 |
193 + 226 = 419 = 365 + 31 (January) + 23 (February). Castor could therefore have been regarded as a personification of the old year which expired in February 23. There is no other glyph in the G text which is 'truncated' like Gb5-29 and I will therefore assume the date at Gb5-28 is February 23.
Given this interpretation we can then deduce that Rogo in Gb6-26 (409) ought to be in Gregorian day 419 (February 23) + (409 - 382) = 446 = 365 + 81. Or - better - if we should locate the fraction ¼ (= 365¼ - 365) to Gb5-29 we will have Rogo in day 26 counted from Gb6-1.
There are 28 (b6) + 31 (b7) + 30 (b8) = 89 glyphs from Gb6-1 to the end of side b. The beginning of side a is - if I have located the right ascension days for Aldebaran and Antares correctly in the text - in May 25 (where 52 * 5 = 260 = 13 * 20). This is 65 (= 13 * 5) days after March 21. And 89 - 25 = 64.
Accordingly Rogo in Gb6-26 should be in Gregorian day 145 (May 25) - 64 = 81. However, if we should count Gb8-30 twice (in order to reach 16 * 29½ = 472 for the whole text), then Rogo will be in day 144 (May 24) - 64 = 80 (March 21, 0h):
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61 |
| Gb6-25 |
Gb6-26 (*0) |
Gb6-27 |
Gb6-28 (411) |
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Caph, Sirrah (0.5) |
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Algenib Pegasi (1.8) |
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| 20 |
March 21 = 0h |
22 |
23 (82) |
61 |
| Saad Al Saud 10 |
11 (309) |
12 |
13 |
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| Gb8-30 (1) |
Ga1-1 |
Ga1-2 |
Ga1-3 |
Ga1-4 (*68) |
Ga1-5 |
| Hyadum II (64.2) |
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Ain, θ¹ Tauri, θ² Tauri (65.7) |
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Aldebaran (68.2), Theemin (68.5) |
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| '24 (144) |
May 25 (145) |
26 |
27 |
28 |
29 |
| 8 |
Sheratan 9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
The other alternative, viz. to count forward from the beginning of side a to the end of side b results in a different set of stars and dates. Kava in Gb5-25 (where 52 * 5 = 260) will now be in right ascension day 379 + 63 (Gb8-30 should not be counted twice more than once) = 442 = 365 + 77, i.e. in June 6 (where 157 = 314 /2):
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48 |
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| Gb4-8 (*392) |
Gb5-24 (378) |
Gb5-25 |
Gb5-26 |
Gb5-27 |
| Polaris, Baten Kaitos (26.6), Metallah (26.9), Segin, Mesarthim (27.2), Sheratan (27.4) |
Haedus II (75.9), ε Leporis (76.0), Cursa (76.4) |
λ Eridani (76.7) |
μ Leporis, (77.6), ĸ Leporis (78.0), Rigel (78.1), Capella (78.4) |
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| April 17 (107) |
48 |
5h (76.1) |
June 6 (157) |
7 |
8 |
| Almuqaddam 11 (335) |
49 |
Pleione 6 (20) |
7 |
8 |
9 |
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| Gb5-28 (382) |
Gb5-29 (*81) |
| λ Leporis (79.6) |
Bellatrix, Saif al Jabbar (80.7), Alkab (80.9) |
| June 9 (160) |
10 |
| Pleione 10 (24) |
11 |
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48 |
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| Gb6-1 (384) |
Gb6-2 |
Gb6-3 |
Gb6-4 |
Gb7-25 (436) |
| Nihal (81.7), Mintaka (82.4) |
ε Columbae (82.6), Arneb (83.0), φ¹ Orionis (83.1), Heka (83.2), Hatysa (83.5) |
φ² Orionis (83.6), Alnilam (83.7), Heavenly Gate (84.0) |
Alnitak, Phakt (Phaet), (84.7) |
ζ Hydrae (134.1) |
| June 11 |
12 |
13 |
14 (165) |
48 |
August 2 (214) |
| Pleione 12 |
13 |
Albatain 1 (28) |
2 |
Alhena 12 (78) |
... This reading cannot be ruled out, with λ Eridani rising just above Rigel as if to announce the arrival of the great King Orion:
The distance between these alternative readings of the text is 7h (107 days). 329 (Gb4-8) + 107 = 436 (Gb7-25).
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| Gb6-17 (400) |
Gb6-18 |
Gb6-19 |
Gb6-20 (*101) |
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ν Puppis (99.2), ψ3 Aurigae (99.4), ψ2 Aurigae (99.5) |
ψ4 Aurigae (100.5) |
Mebsuta (100.7), Sirius (101.2), ψ5 Aurigae (101.4) |
| June 27 |
28 |
29 (180) |
30 |
| Al Tuwaibe' 2 |
3 |
4 |
5 (45) |
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| Gb6-21 (404) |
Gb6-22 |
Gb6-23 |
Gb6-24 |
| ν Gemini (101.6), ψ6 Aurigae (101.7), τ Puppis (102.2), ψ7 Aurigae (102.4) |
ψ8 Aurigae (103.2) |
Alhena (103.7), ψ9 Aurigae (103.9) |
Adara (104.8), ω Gemini (105.4) |
| July 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 (185) |
| Al Tuwaibe' 6 |
7 |
8 |
9 (49) |
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| Gb6-25 (408) |
Gb6-26 (*107) |
Gb6-27 |
Gb6-28 |
| Alzirr (105.7), Muliphein (105.8) |
Wezen (107.1) |
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| July 5 |
7h (106.5) |
7 |
8 |
| Al Tuwaibe' 10 |
11 |
12 (52) |
13 |
The distance from June 30 (the heliacal rising of Sirius) to March 15 (74) is 365 - 181 + 74 = 258 = 365 - 107.